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  1. Ready to Call it Quits

    hollyberry678 replied to whontime's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad working on a very stressed out station, get very little support during my shift (have to hunt for someone to help me when I need it), get comments only on my mistakes, patients and...

  2. New nurse wanting to know how to deal with co-workers

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am a new grad working on a very high acuity step down station (we get pts who should be in ICU alot). There are some staff who come on to follow you and question every little thing that didnt...

  3. catheter/retaining urine/bumex gtt question

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am really new and somewhat baffled by this, any insight appreciated. I was assigned a pt today, DNR/DNI, who was waiting placement in hospice. He has lung CA, pnemonia, and exacerb CHF. His...

  4. catheter/retaining urine/bumex gtt question

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much Baptized, I really DO want to be able to leave each day and KNOW I did a good job...the best that I could have. I HATE leaving and thinking I couldve done better. I would want the same...

  5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    hollyberry678 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about, why are you here if you dont want us to do our job (xyz-- lab draws, VS, c/o being NPO,

  6. catheter/retaining urine/bumex gtt question

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply. I am not sure of the EF because I didnt have time to search the H&P or MD notes today, they are not set up via our new really confusing and redundant computer program yet...

  7. Question regarding communicating with MD's

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A patient was supposed to have surgery today, but it was cancelled yesterday d/t a newly found condition. She requested some food at 5:30 am, and the night nurse got it for her. Shortly afterwards,...

  8. Question regarding communicating with MD's

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies. CardiacRN, why did he "vent" on

  9. Cousin commited suicide..could use some prayers guys

    hollyberry678 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Very sad to hear this. Wishing you

  10. bad ending of second night on my own, advice needed

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello, I finished my second night shift alone, off orientation. I work on a unit with high acuity patients. I had three patients, with one fairly heavy-- lots of q2 hours checks, ect, and who was up...

  11. med mistake/question

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, OK today I gave a patient .5 ml IV Dilaudid push through an existing PIV with compatible solution. I forgot to flush. The patient pointed this out and I immediately did flush (explaining I was...

  12. How were you oriented to your floor?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Especially if you are a new grad...at what point does your preceptor 'pull back'? I have the feeling my preceptor has kind of stopped teaching me, though there is a LOT to learn! At first it was kind...

  13. orientation: I feel stupid and incompetant

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am being oriented on a station I worked on while in school-- it is very interesting but extremely high acuity. ICU pts are being transferred here after one day in ICU, for example, following major...

  14. uniforms, ect: tax deductable?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am a new grad and don't know about things like this yet...I also am financially illiterate (and have been flat broke for so long). Are uniforms and shoes tax deductable, and how does that...

  15. Pt post CABG changed in mental status

    hollyberry678 replied to meimeiy's topic in General Nursing

    This is interesting, I had been wondering why it seemed like some of the LVAD pts on our unit seem so disoriented after their LVADS are placed...they can go from being A&O to needing a sitter for...

  16. Not really miserable but...

    hollyberry678 replied to LauraMT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, sorry you are feeling this way. The emptiness you feel, could you be expecting the job to fulfill you? One thing I have learned in life is that fulfillment, contentment- whatever you call it,...

  17. Why so negative ?

    hollyberry678 replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others, this is a place to get help/vent with work problems on a wider scale, so people post what is bothering them...I know I have gotten support when I have been worried about...

  18. Took NCLEX today- 75 q's, i am so scared!

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I know I for sure got some wrong, some others-- process of elimination, and was 50-50 between two choices. I got a lot of meds (does this mean I answered them wrong, and the computer keeps throwing...

  19. orientation: I feel stupid and incompetant

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in First Year After Licensure

    (word of caution: my laptop keyboard is tiny, and it's easy to mistype, so sorry if I do) Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful replies. I wonder if it is my ego that is bruised as well, I...

  20. will i ever get this?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I am starting on a floor I worked on before I graduated, it's a high intensity tele floor (at least I do know rhythyms). I have had two days of precepting. I felt really sorry for my preceptor-...

  21. How many got only 75 questions?

    hollyberry678 replied to cindib's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got 75 questions and passed, thank

  22. Took NCLEX today- 75 q's, i am so scared!

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    well everyone, I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was on pins and needles thinking for sure I failed!! And I sat in orientation today at my job thinking I would have to leave after I...

  23. For those of you who took the NCLEX: questions! help!

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did you take practice tests? How many questions did you do? If you got them wrong, did you look up and review, or go by rationale stated? What percentage did you get wrong in practice before you took...

  24. RNs: what did you do to study for boards?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am graduating, pending my last final. I can't afford the review class (trust me). The school has been pushing it on us to take one, that 'we can't afford not to'. I think you either review it,...

  25. clinical question

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have a question for educators regarding clinicals: is it appropriate to change clinical times due to conflicts that the teacher has in their own extracurricular life? Also, is the 'pre-clinical...